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They had good chances from getting crosses in on his side to easily, sort of thing that wasn't happening a few weeks back

He was really bad against Bromley as I recall. He's obviously been better than this but he's been really, really bad to the point of detrimental for a while now

Logic says If Blackburn get through either Blackburn or Manchester City because its due gut feeling says Bournemouth

Freudian slip, knowing their wanky support

Scrappy game but they've took some whacks for the cause into the bargain, old fashioned way to win a game

Not one for slagging off players and wouldn't boo or anything..... but Longstaff is actually chronic and all hyperbole aside a genuine waste of a shirt

Inevitable injury , thanks ref

Ref needed to get a grip a long time ago, didn't and now shit like that happens

Turned into a typical Birmingham away cup tie. Shit you just want to get over with and move on from

refs a joke

Haven't even had the last ditch defending and goalkeeping heroics as standard for this situation yet. Don't think the story is ours here

Should see what its like for a standard game. Half the place tauped off.

Their atmosphere is so bad even RTG widely accepts the fact and criticises it, you know how reticent they are to accept reality. Best season they've had for years too. Guess when they cant be toxic and on their own players they can't contribute at all

I wonder if that's where a lot of atmosphere stymying has come from. Being conscientious of people behind you moaning about standing up. I sat in the front row for nearly 20years so felt this keenly. Away from home you knew the sort that'd be there so wasn't a problem. An old pipe smoking bloke behind me definitely wasn't that type.

If Southampton or Ipswich played like this at home to Leicester it'd be exceptionally bad.

Ratfink will need to show an uncustomary steel to not sack him the way its going. They're really really bad, but they were against Southampton too and blagged that by. Their still lucky and just as well.

Got a Liverpool appreciation thread up and running. Wont this cause friction with their Everton chums? They wouldn't want to fall out with them too, after the Athletic Bilbao relationship didn't work out on account of it existing only in their heads

Nowt wrong with five at the back in itself. Keegan did it plenty and we couldn't stop scoring.

If its this messy and complicated its probably this messy and complicated for a reason - that its not supposed to be

Suppose would rather lose to Liverpool than Spurs and would rather beat Liverpool than Spurs. Plus the bonus of no nerves like 98 and 99.

You'd think fully expecting a typically powderpuff Spurs showing would jinx it somehow, surely things cant go as obviously as you expect, but neh

Villa in the cup at the weekend, then El Laughico with Man United

Liverpool's lead in the league could be such by then that its the league their cruising in and prioritising other things.

Its the eternal conundrum of benching players and maybe needing them later on, perhaps futily, or start them and hope to have a lead by the hour - much much easier said than done. Don't know what I'd do.

I cant even fathom the idea of him staying fit for the rest of the season but can wrestlie with the concept that it'd make an incredible difference if such an absurdity were to happen.